Table 42: In general, What discourages you from using trains more often than you do?: 2012-2019

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	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016 ³	2017	2018	2019
Nothing	57	56	56	..	54	..	..	37
No nearby station	4	5	6	..	8	..	..	13
Takes too long	1	1	1	..	1	..	..	1
Inconvenient	3	3	1	..	2	..	..	4
No direct route	2	2	2	..	2	..	..	2
Use my own car	6	3	2	..	3	..	..	5
Need a car for/at work	0	1	1	..	1	..	..	1
Cost	17	17	12	..	11	..	..	15
Work unsocial/unusual hours	0	0	0	..	0	..	..	0
Unreliable	1	1	1	..	1	..	..	6
Lack of service	2	1	1	..	2	..	..	2
Too infrequent	1	0	1	..	1	..	..	1
Health reasons	0	1	0	..	1	..	..	1
Difficult to access	0	1	0	..	0	..	..	1
Too much to carry/awkward	0	0	0	..	0	..	..	0
Uncomfortable	0	0	0	..	0	..	..	1
No need	8	10	17	..	15	..	..	20
Prefer to walk	0	0	0	..	0	..	..	0
Dislike waiting	0	0	0	..	0	..	..	1
Live centrally/within walking distance	0	0	0	..	0	..	..	0
Use other things - bus/underground/taxi	0	0	1	..	1	..	..	1
Smoking policy	0	0	0	..	0	..	..	0
Dirty/filthy	0	0	0	..	0	..	..	0
Given lifts	0	0	0	..	0	..	..	0
Too crowded	1	1	1	..	2	..	..	3
Not safe	0	1	0	..	0	..	..	0
Laziness	0	0	0	..	0	..	..	0
Other	3	2	2	..	3	..	..	4
Sample size (=100%)	2,060	2,110	2,300	..	2,210	..	..	2,150

1. This question is now also asked of people who did not use a train at all in the previous month; results for these respondents are provided in Table 42a. This table continues the series on the same basis as previous years, excluding respondents who had not taken the train in the previous month.

2. Question was not asked in 2015, 2017 and 2018. It is now being asked in alternate years from 2019.

3. Some of the initially published figures for 2016 were incorrect. They have been corrected here.

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